June 2025 No Kings protests
American anti-Trump protests in June 2025
The June 2025 No Kings protests, also known internationally as the No Dictators or No Tyrants protests, were a series of political demonstrations, largely in the United States, against what the organizers describe as authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump and corruption in his administration. Protests took place on June 14, 2025 (labeled as No Kings Day by the participants), on the same day as the U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade and Trump's 79th birthday. Further No Kings protests took place on October 18, 2025, and March 28, 2026.
Organizers estimated that more than five million people participated in more than 2,100 cities and towns, including the flagship event in Philadelphia. More protests took place in the U.S. territories of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, and in 20 foreign countries, including Canada, Japan, Mexico, and in Europe. In countries with constitutional monarchies such as Canada and the United Kingdom, the alternate "Dictators" or "Tyrants" titles were favored over "Kings" to avoid confusion with anti-monarchic movements; Hawaiʻi did the same to avoid confusion with a King Kamehameha Day parade held on the same day and out of deference to the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Background
The No Kings theme was planned by 50501, and protests were organized by Indivisible and other progressive organizations as part of a coalition of more than 200 groups, including the Third Act Movement, American Federation of Teachers, Social Security Works, Communications Workers of America (CWA), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Public Citizen, and MoveOn. The event aimed to protest the policies and actions of the Donald Trump administration, including his purported fascist tendencies and associated democratic backsliding in the United States. Its name and theme reflect Trump's own contention that he is a "king" and several posts by his administration that depict him as a monarch.
Indivisible's Ezra Levin told MSNBC,
The time for assessing this administration is over – now is the moment to raise our voices and be heard.
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